In lieu of their recently announced strike action, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has finally called off its nationwide strike action just a day after they had downed their tools and thrown the country into a blackout.
The decision had also come on the heels of an emergency meeting which had been held by the union with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Wednesday.
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The minister’s spokesman Olajide Oshundun, announced that Ngige intervened in the industrial action. NUEE Secretary General, Joe Ajaero, assured that electricity would be restored across the country tonight.
The workers shut down all Transmission Companies of Nigeria (TCN) offices earlier today.
The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies and the National Union of Electricity Employees suspended the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s nationwide operations on Tuesday, culminating in a 502.7 megawatt reduction in Nigeria’s power production.
Power generation was seen on the national grid reported an off-peak of 2,551.7MW on Monday and rose to a maximum of 4,688.6MW the same day, however, this dropped to 4,185.9MW as at 6 am on Tuesday.
Tuesday also saw protesting by members of NUEE and SSAEAC at TCN offices around the country, which resulted in a standstill in operation and a warning to commence an indefinite strike on Wednesday.
Addressing the protest at the headquarters of TCN in the Federal Capital Territory, the NUEE Secretary heading the Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa and Kogi Liaison Office, Kolade Ayodele, said TCN’s board, which had the power minister as member, had annulled an agreements struck with the unions.
